Flagpole and support therefor.



F. SCHUMANN.

FLAGPOLE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I2. 1918.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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FLAGIOLE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

\ Application filed. January 12, 1918. Serial No. 211,626.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SGHUMANN, a citizen of United States, residing at 3309 Hancock street, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Irniprovements in Flagpoles and Supports Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to flag poles and supports therefor, and has for an object to provide a device for supporting a flag so not become entangled around its supporting element; furthermore, will fly freely in the breeze and provide an effective display of the decorative bunting.

Among other features, the invention comprehends a simple device that can be readily attached to the ledge of a building or the sill of a window, and which is so arranged and constructed that the entire device can be readily removed from a certain form of bracket employed, when it is desired to remove the flag from its displaying position.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawing constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a window or sill showing my device applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the bracket, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the views, the numeral 10 indicates the sill of a window, the said sill 10 having attached thereto a bracket 11 which consists of a base 12 suitably screwed to the sill 10, the bracket body 11 being of a tubular nature and extended forwardly at an angle to the base 12. The bracket 11 is adapted to receive an end 13 of an angularly-shaped supporting rod or pole 1 1, the outer end of which is vertically disposed and parallel to the side of the building having the window sill thereon. A headed pin 15 is adapted to pass through openings 16 of the bracket, and also through an opening 17 in the inner end of the rod 13, thus locking the rod to the bracket.

The flag or other decorative display 18 has the usual webbing 19 at one end thereof,

in which is attached a cord 20 the lower end of which is connected to a collar 21 at the c pi s o thi n m y be obtains 10:

'upper end of the vertical portion of the ole.

With this construction, it will be seen that the flag will be free to wave in the breeze and it will be clear that it will not readily tangle, being spaced a sufiicient distance from the building, and furthermore, when the flag hangs down loosely the greater portion of the flag will hang below the lower end of the pole, so that a slight breeze can readily cause the unfurling of the flag, enabling it to wave freely in the wind.

It will be clear that the device described is of simple construction; consists of few parts and readily assembled, and that with a device of this character the usual troubles occasioned with an ordinary flag pole are overcome and the flag will wear longer, in that it will not tend to become tangled around the pole as it does with the ordinary pole now used, and which latter instance causes the tearing of the flag in a very short space of time; furthermore, makes it very difficult to haul in the flag from the flag pole.

I claim:

1. A flag support, comprising a bracket, a pole having a vertical portion and an angular downwardly bent portion, said downwardly bent portion being removably connected to the bracket and means for attaching the flag to the vertical portion of the po e.

2. In a flag support, the combination with a bracket, of a pole having an angular part for connection with the bracket and a vertical depending part, collars on the vertical depending part, and means for attaching the flag to said collars.

3. A flag support comprising a tubular bracket, a pole having an angular portion and a vertical depending portion, said angular portion being adapted for connection with the bracket, means for connection with the bracket and the angular portion for lock ing said angular portion to said bracket, clamps on the vertical depending portion,

and a flag-cord for connection with the flag and said clamps.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK SCHUMANN.

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